Wishes are one a penny, but getting the gift right is an art in itself. After all, the givers are gifting themselves something. When you start pondering the gift, and set out to find the fitting present for your loved one, you are surely already imagining the joy you will bring to his or her heart. “Will what I’ve chosen be liked? Will it bring a smile to his face, cause her eyes to light up?

In-between the endless end-of-year meetings, raking up the leaves, rubbing shoulders with the masses at Christmas parties, and baking, the Stylepark teams in Frankfurt and Munich again put their heads together this year and wondered what others could be given, what others wished for, and of course what they themselves… Be it down-to-earth or the idea that counts, handmade or mass-purchased, there’s the right gift for each and everyone. Here are our very personal recommendations.

Adeline Seidel: “Oculus Rift” Virtual Reality headset

Matrix! Tron! Star Trek! Virtual realities go with sci-fi movies the way gin does with tonic. And who hasn’t wanted to duke it out with an alien on a holodeck or fly through Manhattan like Superman, wander round built or not-yet-built environments or hang out on an imaginary beach at lunchtime? “Oculus Rift” is pretty close to the real thing – a gift not just for passionate game pros. And if the researchers at “Be Another Lab” get their way, you can use the headset to experience life from someone else’s perspective. Which is pretty much like Benjamin Stein’s novel “Replay”, which is itself a great gift.

Isn’t it simply ravishing, “Briefbag” by dothebag, a Frankfurt label known for its plain, functional and incredibly durable bags? The black bag sized “Large” is damn elegant into the bargain, and therefore my favorite. So who’s giving me one?!

I’m giving people the marvelously personal book by Stefan Lukschy “Der Glückliche schlägt keine Hunde” which tells the tale of his many encounters with the great Loriot. Because life without Loriot is possible, but senseless.

Back in 1954, at the Institute for Meteorology at the Free University in Berlin then student and later TV weather lady Karla Wege suggested giving the high-pressure and low-pressure areas in Central Europe first names. At some point the Berliners started selling weather patronages. Each weather patron gets a title deed with a personal biography, baptism certificate for the first day of the pressure zone, and a Berlin weather map.

We’re giving our daughter all-year-round fun in the form of a trampoline. And since it’s so cold and dark out now, we thought about how to keep our child busy physically. Because “joy and a smile are the summer of life,” as German poet Johann Paul Friedrich Richter once said.

My gift idea for Christmas comes from friends in my hometown of Bergamo, who make furniture and small designer products and market them under the Vontree label. Because they bring good cheer and because I’m also 100-percent “made in Bergamo”.

Thomas Wagner: “Danke Onkel!” by Peter SauererDamn, so much in the world is off-kilter! Which is why I wish everybody that they stand tall, show determination, because then maybe not everything but much will be for the better. What counts is being grounded and balanced so that you can at long last stand calmly on your head. Anyone who can’t remember the desired state of balance should use Peter Sauerer’s sculpture “Danke Onkel!” to jog their memory: If you consider the uncle and nephew then you’ll soon remember what counts in life: Staying standing tall and show some spine and then... hey, you know….